성인 발달장애인 지원을 위한 공익신탁 활용 방안

Abstract

People with developmental disabilities have considerable difficulty in asserting their rights or protecting themselves due to lack of cognitive and communication skills. Most of them require lifelong care because their vulnerabilities do not improve significantly even in adulthood. The supporting services required vary depending on the type and extent of the disability of each disabled, and should be provided for a long time with sufficient funding. The burden of guardians need to be taken into consideration as well. It this regard, there is a limit to entrusting support for adults with developmental disabilities only to the state and local governments. Charitable activities by the private sector will be a meaningful complement to the governmental policies. In particular, the charitable trust has the advantage of flexible operation. However, charitable trusts are not widely used in practice. It is because the system itself is not well known to the public, and has not grown based on the expertise and transparency. In order to utilize the charitable trust system for supporting the adult developmental disabled, earnest efforts should be made, such as enhancing awareness and trust of the charitable trust system, allowing the establishment of various types of charitable trusts that reflect demand, and making more active use of experts on charitable activities. In addition, it is desirable to set up a charitable committee as an independent body to unify control and supervision of charitable activities, and to ensure expertise and transparency.